Due to an organised Conservative no-show, which is not what MPs are paid for, the House of Commons has just voted by 120 to three to release all papers relating to the conspiracy against the Shrewsbury 24.
But that has no legal force, so we shall see what happens, both this year and, after the General Election, next year.
The Shrewsbury case is utterly
flabbergasting. After all these years, what could there possibly be about it that
is so dangerous?
If nothing else, it gives the lie to the
claim that the Heath Government was even relatively left-wing.
And it is the sort of cause with which paleoconservative upholders of traditional civil liberties ought to be involving themselves.
The convictions were obtained only by a majority verdict, and even then only because the court ushers had assured the jurors that there would be nothing more than a £50 fine, which the men's union would have paid.
And it is the sort of cause with which paleoconservative upholders of traditional civil liberties ought to be involving themselves.
The convictions were obtained only by a majority verdict, and even then only because the court ushers had assured the jurors that there would be nothing more than a £50 fine, which the men's union would have paid.
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